Posts Tagged ‘Lawrence Welsh’

Friday, June 18th, 2010

lawrence welsh | after the kennedys

AFTER THE KENNEDYS
we acknowledge
a kind of loss
on the streets
that can’t get healed
on any journey
as the confines
of south central
just got smaller
closed over us
like a final spade shot
at the grave
and we will never climb
any higher
for they’ve closed off opportunities
for roots to proclaim
“irish” and “catholic”
are dirty traits
to get us killed
what reprieve exists
does not stand
as we [...]

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

lawrence welsh | carney takedown

Introduction by Jonathan Penton. I first heard about Lawrence Welsh when visiting Los Angeles in 2002. My friends told me about the poet and punk musician, co-founder of the Alcoholics, long-since departed for El Paso, Texas, where he lived dry. Just a year later, I had the chance to observe firsthand how very odd the [...]

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

lawrence welsh | outlaw waiting

1994 | Todd Moore and Lawrence Welsh read together at the PEARL MAGAZINE PUBLICATION PARTY and CHARLES BUKOWSKI TRIBUTE in Long Beach, California. | Photo: Lawrence Welsh
OUTLAW WAITING
for todd moore
perhaps a yes
perhaps not
perhaps a gasoline hand
or the drought
drafts
to still his moves
give cold machinations
and turnkey privileges
on the plain:
it’s staked
it’s stalked
the coolness
and no regret
around
his squinting eyes

1994 [...]

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

lawrence welsh | a savage refinement: the art of bill rakocy

A SAVAGE REFINEMENT: THE ART OF BILL RAKOCY
For wanderers and journalists alike, a new city is all about discoveries: the digging in to find an essence that might not get covered by the national media.
When I moved to El Paso, Texas, fifteen years ago, one of my major discoveries was the art of Bill Rakocy. [...]

Monday, June 1st, 2009

todd moore & Lawrence welsh | poetry reading